modelled as an arrangement of green olives in a deep shaped circular dish, PH monogram mark in underglaze-blue.

Moinat Antiquités SA, Rolle, Switzerland

Please note that the dish has not been examined out of the metal wiring placed for hanging. There is an approximate 1/4-inch rim chip and an extended fine haircrack in the cavetto area, running horizontally to the footrim and two additional related short and fine haircracks running vertically towards the footrim, one continuing to the base. The footrim has two areas with some chipping measuring approximately 2 inches and 3/4 inches long.
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A dish similarly modelled to the present example, but with floral-decorated border, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of Musée des Arts Decoratifs, L'Oeuvre des Hannong: Faïences de Strasbourg et Haguenau, p. 67, cat. no. 107 and in Hans Haug, Les Faïences et Porcelaines de Strasbourg, pl. XX, fig. D.